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Just a suggestion but "the press" could actually do some checking before printing a story as 'fact'.

Dave Allen? His (second) wife gave birth to his son three months after Allen's death in 2005, and was reportedly 42 then.

I wouldn't argue with any figure Sharkey states - he's far more knowledgeable on the subject than me. Privatisation of water supply was the most egregious of all the privatisations of the Thatcher era. Purely ideological reasoning.

I don't know the answer to mpfc's question, but I do know it's not Cassie, the widow of Mike Winters, as she died in April 2022.

Regarding recent discussions on what (or who) exactly is a 'nonce', according to someone on Xwitter it stands for "Not on normal courtyard exercise". Which is as convoluted (and inaccurate) a backronym as "chav" standing for "council house and violent/ce"

Sadly, this is not just confined to the privatised English water companies. https://news.stv.tv/scotland/sewage-dumped-in-scotlands-rivers-and-lochs-more-than-600-hours-a-day-in-2023 (Who's going to tell the PA journos that there are only 24 hours in a day?). I'm fully in agreement with your comments re Gove. That Colombian marching powder has affected his memory or summat.

Nottingham Forest (sorry - had an acquaintance who would always correct anyone saying Notts Forest. Some things you never forget!)

I'm not sure why I still use it sometimes!

You can embed Twixxer

The only Gilbey was Pete Gilbey in 2017 (see above), as far as I can see

He could open one himself. If he's short of the necessary capital, he could start a Gofundme and get people to *ahem* chip in.

On her 97th birthday according to the Metro (maybe the M*il as well; I try not to click on those links).

Fritz Wepper QO https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/27/cabaret-star-fritz-wepper-dead-age-82-20541246/

If he was really interested in what a Blueberry and Yuzu Blondie is, why didn't he either go into Leon and ask or google it? Is it because no-one sees his faux outrage if he does either of those?

Former CBeebies Controller (2010-2017) Kay Benbow has died aged 63.

I wonder how many said "no" before Rishi got to him.

What? Heresy.

Nah, you'll never convince me a poppadom with tikka masala heaped on top is a pizza. I reckon even Ainsley would balk at that.

If its not pizza crust spread with tomato sauce is it still pizza?

Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, is 96 today.

Bad news for the 4 DDP teams who've selected her!

Count me in! (and marvelous to see you hereabouts, as the saying goes, or summat).

Another former NI journalist, David Capper once pf the BBC, has died aged 91.

Last word (?) on the football shirt thing.

Jasmin Paris' achievement has even made the papers.